Identity in democracy:
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Beteilige Person: Gutmann, Amy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press ©2003
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-234) and index
Introduction - The Good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics -- - Chapter one - The Claims of cultural identity groups -- - Chapter two - The Value of voluntary groups -- - Chapter three - Identification by ascription -- - Chapter four - Is religious identity special? -- - Conclusion - Integrating identity in democracy
Written by one of America's leading political thinkers, this is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of identity politics. Amy Gutmann rises above the raging polemics that often characterize discussions of identity groups and offers a fair-minded assessment of the role they play in democracies. She addresses fundamental questions of timeless urgency while keeping in focus their relevance to contemporary debates: Do some identity groups undermine the greater democratic good and thus their own legitimacy in a democratic society? Even if so, how is a democracy to fairly distinguish between
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (246 pages)
ISBN:069109652X
1400825520
9780691120409
9781400825523